Danish artist, archaeologist, linguist, and ethnologist
Erik Holtved
Born
21 June 1899
Fredericia, Denmark
Died
24 May 1981 (1981-05-25) (aged 81)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality
Danish
Other names
"Erissuaq" ("Big Eric")
Education
University of Copenhagen
Occupation
Ethnologist
Known for
First university-trained ethnologist to study Greenland's Inughuit
Title
Professor
Predecessor
William Thalbitzer
Spouse
Joko Holtved
Dr. Erik Holtved (Greenlandic nickname: Erissuaq; translation: "Big Eric") (21 June 1899 in Fredericia, Denmark – 1981 in Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish artist, archaeologist, linguist, and ethnologist. He was the first university-trained ethnologist to study the Inughuit, the northernmost Greenlandic Inuit.[1]
^Malaurie, Jean (2003). Ultima Thulé: explorers and natives of the polar North. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 323–325. ISBN 0-393-05150-1.
Dr. ErikHoltved (Greenlandic nickname: Erissuaq; translation: "Big Eric") (21 June 1899 in Fredericia, Denmark – 1981 in Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish...
without armed feuds or warfare, a state that continued after contact. ErikHoltved, a Dane, was the first university-trained ethnologist to study the Inughuit...
Buhl (1881 in Fredericia – 1954) the 11th Prime Minister of Denmark ErikHoltved (1899 in Fredericia – 1981) an archaeologist, ethnologist and artist...
Land region of northwest Greenland. In the 1930s, Danish archaeologist ErikHoltved discovered the remains of human habitation on the island. The culture...
Knut Bergsland Ann Fienup-Riordan Michael Fortescue Sven Haakanson ErikHoltved Steven A. Jocobson Lawrence D. Kaplan Michael E. Krauss Margaret Lantis...
Frans Blom, Rane Willerslev) and the Arctic region (Therkel Mathiassen, ErikHoltved, Eigil Knuth). Danes have made significant contributions to the field...
perhaps 20% more in Denmark. Greenlandic at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Holtved, Erik (January 1952). "Remarks on the Polar Eskimo Dialect". International...
Publishing Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Holtved, Erik (1964). "Samuel Kleinschmidt" (PDF). Arctic. 17 (2): 142–144. doi:10...
"Inuit". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Hauser, Michael; Holtved, Erik; Jensen, Bent (2010). Traditional Inuit songs from the Thule area. Vol...
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